DanAK Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Well I hope everyone likes it. Big thanks to Shift220, Michiganave, and Tmorgan4 for the information and inspiration. It is a 3" SFD with the OME .5in lift suspension and I used the same steering setup as Shift220. In the rear I did two spacers on each spring instead of one and I will take one spacer out when I get the AC lift springs. Right now the set up is not really finished because I still need to do a panhard extension and get new shocks. It is still on the stock length OME shocks and right now I have 1" of travel in the rear. I am running 33x12.5/15" BFG tires on powder coated Micky Thomson wheels. It needed small amounts of trimming and I had to fold some sheet metal in the front. 3" lift blocks Bottom rear spacers, bolted in with 3 bolts Top rear spacer with broken bump stop protruding. I will have to replace this when I change the shocks. It still needs some work but its pretty close to finished. I hope to run either radflow or king shocks in the back, and I will not do a panhard drop bracket but just replace it with a longer tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekazgtr1984 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Very nice! Where abouts are you located? I don't recognize the plate but the writing looks like Arabic. UAE, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooQForYou Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanAK Posted May 10, 2010 Author Share Posted May 10, 2010 Where abouts are you located? I don't recognize the plate but the writing looks like Arabic. UAE, perhaps? Yep I am living in the UAE, but I am from Alaska. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esy Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 nice! seeing all these lifted pathys keeps making me want to do a lift, but i'm going to have to resist. looks good though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooQForYou Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Why resist? I want to lift my QX4 when I get the chance. Not a SFD though. I'll probably go with HD OME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01silvapathy Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Man im liking the look of those grey flares against the silver paint........another thing I can paint in my spare time with my left over paint Oh the pathys lookin good too, those tires give it a nice stance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esy Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Why resist? I want to lift my QX4 when I get the chance. Not a SFD though. I'll probably go with HD OME. mostly because i don't need a lift. i don't wheel or anything like that. i go back and forth to the snow a lot, and that's about as serious as it gets. some camping, but nothing serious at all. when it comes down to replacing my suspension down the road when it's getting pretty beat up, i'd probably opt for the OME suspension since it'd be cheaper than to replace with factory parts, anyways. as for right now, i don't have the funds, or the extra funds for fuel costs, or the extra funds for larger tires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUELER Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 bad ass!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekazgtr1984 Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Yep I am living in the UAE, but I am from Alaska. Cool! That's a long way from home. Hope you're likin' it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift220 Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Nice! Looks like a great job with the parts and sick looking pathfinder! Awesome to see all these SFD'ed R50s in the works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanAK Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 Man im liking the look of those grey flares against the silver paint........another thing I can paint in my spare time with my left over paint Oh the pathys lookin good too, those tires give it a nice stance The grass is always greener on the other side. Just two days ago I was thinking to get my trim painted to mach the body like your pathfinder. But I do like my trim better now with the black wheels on. Cool! That's a long way from home. Hope you're likin' it. Yeah its not bad out here but summer is coming on now and that always sucks. No more Dune Bashing until it gets back down below 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Now that I have a photobucket account I will try to post some pre-SFD dune videos in the pics and videos section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exit34rocker1017 Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 i love it! i want to do one SO bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmorgan4 Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Glad to see another one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUELER Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 what are you doing in UAE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleurys Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 For God's sake, where did you get the rear spacers ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanAK Posted May 12, 2010 Author Share Posted May 12, 2010 what are you doing in UAE? I work for a small company called Trident Support that builds the worlds tallest flag poles. So I do construction and rope access mostly. For God's sake, where did you get the rear spacers ??? I got all my parts made at a small work shop that I found run by a bunch of Indians that didn't speak much English. I showed them my car and tried to get the idea across about what I wanted, then I gave them the spring and the rubber spacer to take measurements from. They came back to me with the most kick-ass spacers. Also I can fit a rubber spacer at the bottom and the top so it will be easy for me to add another half inch lift to the back. The front parts took a bit more work and didn't look as pretty at the end, and the strut spacers were a nightmare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
180sx Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 How's your alignment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morpheus Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 What wheels and offset are you using? they look like they stick out quite a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganAve Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Looking good. I like how you did the rear spacer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanAK Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 How's your alignment? My alignment is okay now, but it took forever to get it right. I will get one set of camber bolts just to have that adjustment option but I don't really need them. What wheels and offset are you using? they look like they stick out quite a bit I am using Micky Thompson 15" rims that I had powder coated. I am pretty sure the back spacing is 3.31". I don't think I can stuff the wheels in the back. I may order some new wheels in the future with more BS for the back but for now its not that important for my sand driving. I can always buy new fenders if I bust up the ones I have. Right now I am more worried about breaking, I did an emergency stop today at a light and the breaks locked up really fast and I squealed to a halt just in time to not run over the car in front of me. Anyone think the Power Slot rotors with hawk break pads will help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
180sx Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Should help. Pads more so than the rotors... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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